Word: closers
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...vary only slightly from the well-known M.P.A.A. ratings (G, PG, PG-13, R and NC-17) affixed to theatrical movies. What many child advocates object to is that the ratings would not specify the content that makes a show potentially objectionable. The advocates were hoping for a system closer to one being tested in Canada that rates shows, on a sliding scale of 1 to 6, in each of three areas: violence, sex and language...
Ovitz won't walk away empty-handed. His severance package could reach $90 million if he gets to exercise all the stock options in his contract. Disney sources discounted that figure, implying that the exit deal was cut closer to $30 million...
...Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan & Michael Brook Night Song (Real World/Caroline). Khan, a huge star in his native Pakistan, is a singer of qawwali--Sufi religious music that, like gospel, seeks to bring listeners closer to God through ecstatic vocals and rhythms. Here, with Canadian producer-guitarist Michael Brook, Khan sings of earthly love; the spiraling, urgent songs are mostly in Urdu, but Khan's passion and purpose need no translation...
...encouraging sign for Disney is that the studio's research shows women expressing more interest in seeing Denzel and Whitney than Tom. But an executive at a rival studio argues that the research on The Preacher's Wife is skewed because the sampling was done in major cities; a closer look, he says, shows that the picture is evoking a powerful response from African Americans but far weaker interest among whites. He predicts that The Preacher's Wife will gross from $60 million to $80 million, drawing largely on black audiences. Disney says it would be happy with those numbers...
Fresh off Arizona's 82-45 trouncing in the final of last weekend's Copper Bowl Classic, the Crimson (4-3 overall, 0-0 Ivy) reversed the trend, riding junior forward Alison Feaster's monster double-double to a closer-than-necessary road...